Con-artist suspect nabbed after seven years in hiding


BANGKOK: A man from Chiang Mai has been arrested in Bangkok for having allegedly duped a Chiang Mai jewellery trader in 2015 to pay him 22 million baht in exchange for a non-existent 200 billion baht of funds from the United States.

Crime Suppression Division commander Pol Maj Gen Montree Theskhan held a head office press conference at 10am on Monday (Jan 8) to announce the arrest of the alleged con artist, identified only as Raweeroj, 57.

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